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Making the Most of Twitter for Your Small Business
Articles describing why you should use Twitter for your small company should number within the thousands, but I never tire of reading them. Nevertheless, most of them are concerned with what to complete, not how to complete it, so that’s what we’re going to cover in this article. You will find two easy points anyone can do to dramatically improve their Twitter presence, be real and be expert.
Twitter is really a busy place, full of individuals all vying for the limelight. Like any kind of crowded venue, you’ve to fight for attention. Fortunately, it is a lot much more about how you do points rather than how a lot you do.
The greatest way to obtain followers on Twitter is to show personality. It does not even need to be your own. Tweets that amuse, intrigue or invoke curiosity are a lot much more most likely to pique interest than bland advertising statements.
For instance:
“Check out the blog entry we made about our bike new widget. It is adds safety to riding and you ought to purchase it.”
or
“Dave fell off a cliff on his bike yesterday and nearly died. A small piece of plastic saved his life, check out his bruises here.”
Which of those two statements is most most likely to obtain a response? To obtain the most out of Twitter and any social networking tool, you’ve to provide something and give individuals a reason to follow you. Displaying humor, expertise, niche abilities or anything that will interest your intended audience is the greatest way of obtaining followers. Then it is up for your advertising abilities to turn them into new clients for your company. The vast majority of tweets are dull and will eventually fall on deaf ears. If you would like to create Twitter function for you personally, don’t be boring.
Too as being interesting, be topical and update frequently. That does not mean each and every five minutes, but at least once each and every couple of days. Each tweet shouldn’t be considered a blog post or advertising material. Think about the effect, the content and what you would like it to achieve. While the platform may seem frivolous most with the time, it’s an essential, and helpful, advertising tool.
Brand your Twitter presence. A cohesive brand is vital to advertising any company, and Twitter ought to be no various. Step away from the defaults as soon as feasible, use a background, change the default picture, complete the bio and get your Twitter identity looking expert. You will find tons of businesses out there who can build you a custom Twitter background. Whatever the size with the company, having a polished façade will give the impression that you’re expert, even if you’re running around like a headless chicken behind the scenes.
It isn’t hard to create Twitter function for you personally, it just takes a small effort. With an audience within the millions it is a mistake to discount the platform as a waste of time. Converting even the tiniest fraction of users for your cause and you could be launching your company into the large leagues.
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Dell Company
Dell Company floated by its doyen Michael Dell is a purely entrepreneurial multinational company, which has worked very hard over the years to earn reputation and recognition to the company. The pioneer of Dell Company, Michael Dell is a very successful businessman, who has captured a huge market in computer hardware industry all over the world and has earmarked its performance by quoting huge profits for the past several years.
For any multinational company, expansion of its products is its resource for growth and profits. With this view, as an established company, Dell Company has launched its mobile phone to give more benefits to its customers and this is definitely in the interest of Dell Company.
Another important point is, Dell customers have always been happy with its products and its services with the several number of models in Dell computers. The prices of Dell computers are very moderate and there are also discount prices for specific models. Purchase of a Dell computer is very easy from its web site and after you make an on line purchase, your chosen desktop or laptop is shipped to your home or office. This once again reinstates a fact that, Dell is recognized as a very good brand all over the world, and the marketing strategies of the company are very unique and special with professional approach.
Dell with its perfect quality and functioning has always been recognized by the customers both on Internet and in retail stores. This reiterates a necessity and need to meet the growing demand of mobiles in the consumer market and taking this as a stance, Dell company has launched its models of mobile phones into the market and would like to give benefits and uses to the customers. Apart from giving good services to the customers, Dell Company would also like to bring the latest technology to the customers through its products which is a very good marketing strategy. UK, Europe, Asia and America offer huge consumer market for Dell products and there are many other parts of the world which will receive Dell computers including Asia and Africa.
With the present and prevailing reputation in the market, Dell company can always look forward for a good market in the days to come for its mobile phones. Surely Dell company will achieve its targets of sales and profits. But in order to receive this, it has to develop several models of marketing techniques to enjoy the world wide market.
Dell unleashed a deluge of products and information upon us today. First up is some clarification on Dell’s Mini 3 smartphone. Though Dell announced its Android-powered Mini 3 handset and AT&T announced that it was getting a Dell handset yesterday, neither company confirmed the obvious — that the Dell Mini 3 is headed for AT&T. Thankfully, Dell came to its senses and confirmed today that the Mini 3 is indeed coming to AT&T. Dell also confirmed that it is working on a prototype 5 inch tablet, which looks curiously similar to the previously leaked Dell Streak. Rounding things out, Dell refreshed its PC and notebook lineup by redesigning its Inspiron series of PCs, introducing the sweet new Alienware M11x — a netbook-sized gaming machine, debuting an updated version of its Studio 14 notebook, and replacing the older Core 2 Duo with Intel’s latest Core i3, i5, and i7 processors. Hit the jump for the full press release and a few press photos of the prototype tablet and the new Alienware M11x.
At CES Dell Unveils First “All Powerful” Ultra Mobile Gaming System, Next Generation Smart Phones, Tablet Concepts and a New Line of Design Inspired Laptops
- Provides sneak peek of Mini 3 smart phone and a 5-inch tablet concept
- Unveils Dell’s first ultra-mobile gaming laptop with the Alienware M11x
- Announces AT&T to be next mobile operator offering the Mini 3 Android-based smart phones
- Launches redesigned Inspiron, refreshed Alienware and Studio laptops featuring Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dell is responding to people’s desire to have mobile products that help them stay connected and leverage the latest tools and services for immersive digital experiences on the go.
Today at CES 2010, Dell showcased a broad range of new products including its first ultra-mobile gaming laptop. Additionally the company provided a peek at new products, including a 5-inch tablet concept and an Android-based smart phone for AT&T, both slated for launch in 2010. Dell also refreshed its Inspiron, Studio and Alienware systems incorporating the new Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors.
From a suite at the Palms Casino Resort, Dell gave bloggers, journalists and partners an early look at the upcoming devices, further illustrating how the company is using its unique relationships with people around the world to innovate consumer electronics to be more mobile, convenient and powerful.
“We are focused on technology and solutions that help people connect and share content virtually anytime and anyplace,” said Michael Tatelman, vice president of sales and marketing for Dell’s global consumer business. “Consumers are demanding enhanced mobility in high-quality devices, and want to know they have made smart choices with their purchases.”
Dell is expanding the personal-computing space with new products to respond to and best meet the expressed needs of consumers. The new products include:
- The Alienware M11x, the most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop in the universe — as easy to carry as it is powerful, making high-performance gaming accessible to all.
- A refreshed Studio 14 laptop for individuals who create and consume digital content, combining powerful technology with features that deliver a rich multi-media experience like enhanced audio solutions and high performance high definition displays.
- New versions of the popular Inspiron PC line continue to deliver on value and personalization while incorporating Intel’s new Core i5 processors and its “smart” features such as Turbo Boost technology.
- Dell expanded on Wednesday’s announcement saying that U.S. based AT&T will become the next mobile operator to offer the Mini 3 Android-based smart phone.
Dell shared interesting results from a study of more than 1,500 people about their smart phone experiences. Among highlights: 82 percent of those who own smart phones said they would not leave home without them, while more than half of those surveyed said they wanted to choose from a wider variety of smart phones options from additional providers. For more information on the survey highlights visit Dell Official Flickr page.
The News
Alienware M11x
The Alienware M11x demonstrates the graphics power of a 15-inch laptop in an 11-inch form factor
Play all of your games and media, whether at home or away, at HD 720p resolution
With the Alienware M11x, gamers can enjoy the feel of the gaming without compromise anywhere they go
Alienware OptX™ AW2310 23″ 3D Full HD Widescreen Monitor
The 23″ Alienware OptX™ AW2310 provides an immersive stereoscopic 3D experience that takes gamers to a whole new level of extreme, ultrarealistic game play*
Enable intense stereoscopic 3D effects on hundreds of PC game titles with NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ technology
Price for monitor is $499 (NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit not included)
Alienware M17x, M15x
The most powerful 17-inch and 15-inch Alienware gaming laptops ever created
The M17x, the most powerful 17-inch gaming laptop in the universe, now offers Intel Core i7 processors combined with dual graphics to deliver extreme frame rates at HD resolutions while maxing out game settings.
The M15x delivers exceptional HD video and audio editing, 3D animation and high-end PC gaming
M17x start at $1,799 and the M15x start at $1,399
Inspiron 14, 15, 17
Redesigned Inspiron laptops full-featured and ideal for on-the-go media consumption
Now with new, thinner chassis, 16:9 aspect HD displays, SRS Premium Sound™
Available today with new turbo-charged Intel® Core™ i5 processors starting at $849.
Systems featuring the Intel Core i3 processor will be available later this month, starting at $569.
Inspiron 580, 580s
Ideal for consumers looking for great, high-value desktop computers
Best-selling desktop line gets a boost from new processors, and many models may be personalized with color choices. Prices start at $269.
Studio 14, 15, 17
Refreshed Studio laptops feature Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and are perfect for sharing photos, music and videos with friends and family.
Portable Studio 14 available in North America later this month with prices starting at $699.
Studio 15 has high-definition, 15.6-inch LED widescreen design and is rich with multimedia technology, like True HD resolutions that show off content crisply, starting at $849
Studio 17 features beautiful 17.3-inch display, with unbelievably realistic audio. Prices start at $949
Studio XPS 8100
Knock-out features for families seeking a high-performance, multi-purpose desktop computer
Replaces Studio XPS 8000 with juiced-up Intel Core i5 processor technology, new theater-quality THX® TruStudio PC™ sound and cutting-edge design. Prices start at $749
About Dell
People worldwide can buy Dell online, by phone and through more than 50,000 outlets.
*Stereoscopic 3D requires optional NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Kit and a desktop system with Dual-Link DVI Ports and a compatible NVIDIA graphics solution. For a full list of system requirements please visit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/GeForce_3D_Vision_Requirements.html.
Just received Dell’s Press Release and images of their latest products for 2010. It has a wide range from the Dell Adamo series to the Desktop Series, Alienware Gaming laptops to Smartphones and even a Concept 5-inch tablet. Nice. Pictures and Press Release after the break.
Alienware M11x
Dell Smartphone Mini 3
Dell 5-inch Concept Tablet
Dell Inspiron One 19
Dell Inspiron MT Desktop
Dell Inspiron HD Desk
Dell Adamo XPS
Dell Inspiron Mini 10
Dell Studio 17
Dell Studio XPS 16 Merlot
Dell Insprion 14
Dell Inspiron 15
Dell Inspiron 15
Dell Inspiron 17
Here is the Press Release
Press Release
Dell unveils first “All Powerful” ultra Mobile gaming System, next generation smart phones, tablet concepts and a new line of design inspired laptops AT CES
- Provides sneak peek of Mini 3 smart phone and a 5-inch tablet concept
- Unveils Dell’s first ultra-mobile gaming laptop with the Alienware M11x
- Announces AT&T to be next mobile operator offering the Mini 3 Android based smart phones
- Launches redesigned Inspiron, refreshed Alienware and Studio laptops featuring Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors
SINGAPORE, Jan. 8, 2010 – Dell is responding to people’s desire to have mobile products that help them stay connected and leverage the latest tools and services for immersive digital experiences on the go.
Today at CES 2010, Dell showcased a broad range of new products including its first ultra-mobile gaming laptop. Additionally the company provided a peek at new products, including a 5-inch tablet concept and an Android-based smart phone for AT&T, both slated for launch in 2010. Dell also refreshed its Inspiron, Studio and Alienware systems incorporating the new Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors.
From a suite at the Palms Casino Resort, Dell gave bloggers, journalists and partners an early look at the upcoming devices, further illustrating how the company is using its unique relationships with people around the world to innovate consumer electronics to be more mobile, convenient and powerful.
“We are focused on technology and solutions that help people connect and share content virtually anytime and anyplace,” said Michael Tatelman, vice president of sales and marketing for Dell’s global consumer business. “Consumers are demanding enhanced mobility in high-quality devices, and want to know they have made smart choices with their purchases.”
Dell is expanding the personal-computing space with new products to respond to and best meet the expressed needs of consumers. The new products include:
- The Alienware M11x, the most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop in the universe — as easy to carry as it is powerful, making high-performance gaming accessible to all.
- A refreshed Studio 14 laptop for individuals who create and consume digital content, combining powerful technology with features that deliver a rich multi-media experience like enhanced audio solutions and high performance high definition displays.
- New versions of the popular Inspiron PC line continue to deliver on value and personalization while incorporating Intel’s new Core i5 processors and its “smart” features such as Turbo Boost technology.
Dell expanded on Wednesday’s announcement saying that U.S. based AT&T will become the next mobile operator to offer the Mini 3 Android based smart phone.
Dell shared interesting results from a study of more than 1,500 people about their smart phone experiences. Among highlights: 82 percent of those who own smart phones said they would not leave home without them, while more than half of those surveyed said they wanted to choose from a wider variety of smart phones options from additional providers. For more information on the survey highlights visit Dell Official Flickr page.
The News
Alienware M11x
- The Alienware M11x demonstrates the graphics power of a 15-inch laptop in an 11-inch form factor
- Play all of your games and media, whether at home or away, at HD 720p resolution
- With the Alienware M11x, gamers can enjoy the feel of the gaming without compromise anywhere they go
Alienware OptX™ AW2310 23″ 3D Full HD Widescreen Monitor
- The 23” Alienware OptX™ AW2310 provides an immersive stereoscopic 3D experience that takes gamers to a whole new level of extreme, ultrarealistic game play*
- Enable intense stereoscopic 3D effects on hundreds of PC game titles with NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ technology
- Price for monitor is $499 (NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit not included)
Alienware M17x, M15x
- The most powerful 17-inch and 15-inch Alienware gaming laptops ever created
- The M17x, the most powerful 17-inch gaming laptop in the universe, now offers Intel Core i7 processors combined with dual graphics to deliver extreme frame rates at HD resolutions while maxing out game settings.
- The M15x delivers exceptional HD video and audio editing, 3D animation and high-end PC gaming
- M17x start at $1,799 and the M15x start at $1,399
Inspiron 14, 15, 17
- Redesigned Inspiron laptops full-featured and ideal for on-the-go media consumption
- Now with new, thinner chassis, 16:9 aspect HD displays, SRS Premium Sound™
- Available today with new turbo-charged Intel® Core™ i5 processors starting at $849.
- Systems featuring the Intel Core i3 processor will be available later this month, starting at $569.
Inspiron 580, 580s
- Ideal for consumers looking for great, high-value desktop computers
- Best-selling desktop line gets a boost from new processors, and many models may be personalized with color choices. Prices start at $269.
Studio 14, 15, 17
- Refreshed Studio laptops feature Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and are perfect for sharing photos, music and videos with friends and family.
- Portable Studio 14 available in North America later this month with prices starting at $699.
- Studio 15 has high-definition, 15.6-inch LED widescreen design and is rich with multimedia technology, like True HD resolutions that show off content crisply, starting at $849
- Studio 17 features beautiful 17.3-inch display, with unbelievably realistic audio. Prices start at $949
Studio XPS 8100
- Knock-out features for families seeking a high-performance, multi-purpose desktop computer
- Replaces Studio XPS 8000 with juiced-up Intel Core i5 processor technology, new theater-quality THX® TruStudio PC™ sound and cutting-edge design. Prices start at $749
Related Links
www.dell.com
www.direct2dell.com
www.flickr.com/photos/dellphotos
www.facebook.com/dell
www.dell.com/home/laptops
www.dell.com/home/desktops
www.dell.com/mini
About Dell
People worldwide can buy Dell online, by phone and through more than 50,000 outlets.
*Stereoscopic 3D requires optional NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Kit and a desktop system with Dual-Link DVI Ports and a compatible NVIDIA graphics solution. For a full list of system requirements please visit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/GeForce_3D_Vision_Requirements.html.
It's almost 2010 and time to get some “home office” equipment to write off next tax season: Students can score the new MacBook on the cheap, and if you still don't have an HDTV, check out the 37″ LG.
Top Deals:
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Yesterday, we saw Dell's Slate concept for the first time. Today, we got to actually play with it. And it's called the Mini 5.
(Btw, if you want to read yesterday's stories on the slate, check here.) Specs that we know: custom Android, SIM (it makes calls), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. And the 5-inch screen supports full multitouch. In your hand, it's very light and comfortable to use. The screen is responsive, and Dell's icon interface makes for intuitive presentation of Android. It feels a bit more like plastic than, say, the iPod touch. But it was perfectly solid from what we could tell. Making a phone call turns the Mini 5 into a gigantic phone, almost like a handset out of a Carrot Top routine, but Dell expects most consumers will opt to use a headset. The unexpectedly awesome feature? The 5MP camera. The Dell Mini 5 has a 5-inch screen, and your subject fills the entire frame. It's an oddly satisfying implementation of a camera, in a super sizing kind of way. My model wasn't connected to the web, so I didn't get to test the browser. And my hands-on time was more than limited (and frankly, a bit frantic), so I can't really speak sincerely on much else. But let me say this: I like the Mini 5. And I dare say that Dell's software—their version of Android onboard—may be equally or more impressive than the hardware itself. I'm not sure I have a need for this or any 5-inch tablet, but you know what? I'm going to give em a shot all the same.
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Pics of the new Google Phone
Finally, all the speculations about a phone, that will be fully manufactured and branded by Google, is coming true. Earlier, many rumors about the Google Phone had surfaced. The products that fueled these speculations were Android, Google voice etc. But now we definitely know that the Google Phone is real and it is coming very soon, maybe in 2010.
On December 11, 2009 some Google employees started tweeting about the Android powered Google Phone, that they are getting from Google. Google has also confirmed the news, that it is testing a new Android powered device with employees around the world. Google is saying, it is doing this for the employees, as a part of Christmas celebrations. But why cannot we believe that it will start selling the Phone to customers? In fact Google’s decision to release a phone shows its fear that, the Android platform, which it had built by itself, will be commercialized by other hardware vendors like HTC, Samsung etc.
Update: According to PC World, the phone on the right could very well be the Google Phone.
For now, no official news has come from Google, but we have some very specific and interesting details about this Google Phone:
Leaked Pictures [via: theunlockr]
UPDATE: The Google phone is confirmed: it’s called the Nexus One.
A Google product manager has responded to the Google Phone tweets leaking out with a vague non-denial. Google’s Mario Queiroz calls the new handsets a “mobile lab” being used to test “new mobile features and capabilities.”
What he doesn’t say: Is this handset set to become a flagship “Google Phone” to challenge the iPhone? Will it carry Google branding and be distributed by Google? Or is this merely an expanded test for new features in AndroidAndroid?
His non-denial implies at least some of this is true: Google is set to be more involved with this HTC phone (almost certainly the rumored HTC Passion) than previous devices.
Queiroz writes:
“At GoogleGoogle, we are constantly experimenting with new products and technologies, and often ask employees to test these products for quick feedback and suggestions for improvements in a process we call dogfooding (from ‘eating your own dogfood’). Well this holiday season, we are taking dogfooding to a new level.
We recently came up with the concept of a mobile lab, which is a device that combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities, and we shared this device with Google employees across the globe. This means they get to test out a new technology and help improve it.
Unfortunately, because dogfooding is a process exclusively for Google employees, we cannot share specific product details. We hope to share more after our dogfood diet.”
What do you think? Could a Google Phone be imminent?
Posted on 14 December 2009
// Look familiar? For a story that broke on Twitter it’s only fitting that the first reported picture of the mythical, magical “Google Phone” (AKA, Nexus One) would appear there as well. The tweeted image above appears courtesy of one Cory O’Brien, an account manager at a San Francisco Bay Area marketing agency that does not list Google as a client. That note of caution aside, the image above is an exact match to that leaked HTC Passion / Bravo image from October, only this time lacking the HTC logo on the top-side bezel. Besides the pic, O’Brien tweets that the “Google Phone = iPhone + a little extra screen and a scroll wheel. Great touch screen, and Android.” Granted, none of this is confirmed yet, but with Google releasing so many of the devices as part of its “mobile lab” concept, well, we expect to see plenty more sightings in the run up to the rumored January launch.
Update: A quick search for “nexus one” on Google’s Picasa photo service reveals several pictures taken with a camera pegged as the HTC Nexus One in the EXIF data. The very first of these geotagged 2592×1944 pixel (that’s a 5 megapixel sensor folks, hardly “weirdly large” as described by TechCrunch) images were taken by user Bradley (who just happens to be a Picasa friend to Sergey… hint) in the SF Bay Area on November 27th. A few are clearly lit by an onboard flash as well. In fact, many of the pics appear to be taken from within Google’s offices and at Google sponsored events. The quality is not exactly spectacular and that won’t likely change in the final product because even Google’s bound by the laws of physics when it comes to tiny cellphone sensors.
Update 2: The device seems to have been around earlier with an EXIF identifier of “Phone88.” Fortunately, Google’s own employees have uploaded pics of the device, by the device, for us to marvel at — so meta. Check the gallery for the images or a quickie close-up posted after the break.
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Fox takes on Google
Rupert Murdoch is pointing a gun to Google’s head, and Microsoft is helping him pull back the trigger. For the past few weeks, Murdoch and his officers at News Corp. have been very vocal about their distaste for Google and their desire to lead other media companies in a boycott of sorts.
Murdoch keeps threatening to stop letting Google index the WSJ.com and his other media sites, and wants other news sites to join him in this self-imposed silence. The folks at Microsoft’s Bing think this is a great idea. Not only that, but the FT
reports that Microsoft is in fact in discussions with News Corp. and other publishers about the possibility of paying them to remove their sites from Google’s search index. This report comes on the heels of a meeting in Europe where Bing dangled the prospect of premium spots in search results to publishers and outright money for search R&D.
Microsoft is not afraid to buy search market share, which is what it’s doing with the Yahoo search deal and even its Cashback program. But with these latest talks, it is literally trying to buy the news, or at least exclusive access to the news.
Bing can’t buy all the news, it can only buy certain brands. If Bing can somehow become the only place you can find news results and working links to the Wall Street Journal and other top papers such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the LA Times, for instance, that would be a big reason to switch for a lot of folks. But it’s not clear how much Bing would have to pay the news companies of the world for them to give up all the traffic Google sends them in return for a fraction of that traffic and some cash.
Even Google couldn’t afford to strike such deals. Says Murdoch, of Google, “If they were to pay everybody for everything they took from every newspaper in the world, and every magazine, they wouldn’t have any profits left.”
In order to actually make a dent in Google’s market share, Bing would have to pay such exorbitant sums to so many different news companies that it would be difficult to recoup its investment. Bing certainly get some marketing buzz out of any such move, but that’s about it.
The big problem with a search engine trying to buy market share by buying parts of the news is that information spreads so quickly these days, exclusives last about 30 seconds. That information will end up on a site that is indexed by Google. Or the same news will be broken by someone else on the Web before the WSJ.com even gets to it.
Exclusive indexing goes against the Web’s inherent openness. Companies that try to curtail that openness don’t last long on the Web.
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Is your company email compliant?
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MySpace replaces all server hard disks with flash drives
MySpace’s new SSD servers use about 1% the power of its hard disk drive predecessors
Computerworld – Social networking site MySpace.com announced today that it has switched from using hard disk drives in its servers to using PCI Express (PCIe) cards loaded with solid state chips as primary storage for their data center operations.
The PCIe cards, from Fusion-io Inc., allow MySpace to replace multiple server farms made up of 2U (3.5-in high) servers that had used 10 to 12 15,000 RPM Fibre Channel drives each with 1U (1.75-in high) servers using a single ioDrive.
“In the last 20 years, disk storage hasn’t kept pace with other innovations in IT, and right now we’re on the cusp of a dramatic change with flash technologies,” said Richard Buckingham, vice president of technical operations for MySpace, in a statement.
MySpace said the solid state storage uses less than 1% of the power and cooling costs that their previous hard drive-based server infrastructure had and that they were able to remove all of their server racks because the ioDrives are embedded directly into even its smallest servers.
“We looked at a number of solid state solutions, using many different kinds of RAID configurations, but we felt that Fusion-io’s solution was exactly what we needed to accomplish our goals,” Buckingham stated.
MySpace’s new servers also replaced its high-performance hosts that held data in large RAM cache modules, a costly method MySpace had been using in order to achieve the necessary throughput to serve its relational databases. MySpace said its new servers using the NAND flash memory modules give it the same performance as its older RAM servers.
Salt Lake City-based Fusion-io claims the ioDrive Duo offers users unprecedented single-server performance levels with 1.5GB/sec. throughput and almost 200,000 IOPS. The system can reach such performance levels because four ioDrive Duos in a single server can scale linearly, which provides up to 6GB/sec. of read bandwidth and more than 500,000 read IOPS.
The cards come in 160GB, 320GB and 640GB capacities. A 1.28TB card is expected in the second half of this year.
“Social networking sites and other Web 2.0 applications are very database dependent. Our 320GB ioDrive can fill a 10Gbit/sec. Ethernet pipe,” David Flynn, CTO of Fusion-io, said in an interview.
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Job Trends: Homeland Security to Hire Up to 1K Cyber Experts
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has given a green light to the Homeland Security Department to be more competitive and choosey as it hires up to 1,000 new cyber experts over the next three years, the first major personnel move to fulfill its vow to bolster security of the nation’s computer networks.
The announcement follows a wave of cyber attacks on federal agencies, including a July assault that knocked government Web sites off the Internet and earlier intrusions into the country’s electrical grid.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who made the announcement on Thursday, said the hiring plan reflects the Obama administration’s commitment to improving cyber security. The move gives DHS officials far greater flexibility to hire whom they want, outside of more stringent federal guidelines. And it will also allow more latitude in pay.
As a result, Napolitano told an audience of cyber industry professionals, the new rules “will allow us to be competitive with you all” in luring quality applicants.
Much of the funding already has been budgeted, but DHS also is working with Congress for more money. Officials refused to say how much money the program would represent.
The hiring push also underscores the administration’s ongoing struggle to better organize and manage the country’s vulnerable digital defense. President Barack Obama vowed in February to tackle cyber issues, but still has not named a cyber coordinator, a job that experts say will be difficult to fill.
Napolitano said her department does not anticipate filling all 1,000 positions, which will include cyber analysts, developers and engineers who can detect, investigate and deter cyber attacks.
The secretary’s announcement marked the start of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which reflects the White House goal to draw more public attention to the need for everyday computer users to exercise more diligence in protecting their online security.
In other comments, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said the Pentagon expects to make decisions in the coming weeks on whether to relax restrictions on the use of external computer flash drives and social media Web sites by members of the military and department employees.
The Pentagon banned the use of flash drives last November because of a virus threat officials detected on Defense Department networks.
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On the Net:
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc(underscore)1158611596104.shtm
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